Etymology Explorer › Mexican Spanish

Where does “flauta” come from?

flauta (Mexican Spanish) comes from Old Occitan flaut, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

flauta (Mexican Spanish): flute; A type of fried cylindrical tortilla or...

Definitions

  1. flute; A type of fried cylindrical tortilla or...

Ancestry of “flauta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanflautflute
2Occitanlaütlute
3Old Occitanlaütlute
4Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
5Arabicعَادَto return, go back
6Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
7PersianیاAPI •; or; either
8Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →